"The Iraq War Memorial near Mt. Pleasant, Michigan was vandalized. Someone torched the flag, bent the flag pole over, tore up the flowers left by the families for their loved ones, and caused "other destruction".
Police say that they don't believe that it was a 'hate crime', merely an 'anti-war crime'." Yeah, right.
Donations are being asked for to restore this monument to our brave men and women, many of which lately came from Northern Michigan.
I received the above via email from a friend this morning. It's a pathetic, low-life, thing for anyone to do. If you don't agree with war, fine. That's your choice. But to attack a memorial, how utterly sad and disgusting. This goes WAY beyond an 'anti-war crime'. This is 'hate' pure and simple. Hate should be prosecuted as such, punished as such. So they don't like Bush, they don't like the war ... have respect for the soldiers who gave their lives to keep America free. They gave their lives protecting the rights of idiots like these vandals.
Below is the rest of the story from 9 & 10 News. Spread the word.
The Iraq Memorial is at Island Park in Mt. Pleasant in Isabella county. Police think the vandalism may have happened in two separate incidents, one earlier this month and another over the weekend.The memorial was erected in 2005 for the Late LCPL Justin Ellsworth and all the men and women who have served and are serving in Iraq.
It was built with donations from the community.
9&10's Mona Nair and photojournalist Bridgette Pacholka have more on the vandalism.
If you'd like to donate money to help fix the memorial. There is an account set up at Isabella Bank & Trust under the name Justin Ellsworth.
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thats un-sat...some damn hippies torching a flag...they dont even understand what that flag stands for...thats why i would rather be in iraq with my brothers then in a country with freaks like that
Posted by: Rich Conner | September 01, 2008 at 02:58 PM
usa is a fcking bully ataking countries that can't defend. The iraq war is STUPID. Is the new Vietnam. Americans are just fools that can't realize that.
Posted by: pllm | July 31, 2007 at 11:38 PM
SNAKE HUNTERS SEZ,
It's remarkable that hate
groups so often are allied
with "Peace" advocates such
as nation-wide U.F.P.J.
It deserves everyone's close
attention! reb
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Posted by: Ralph E. | July 24, 2007 at 12:31 PM
Funny, but the definition of hate is curiously controlled by one group. If this isn't hate, what is?
Posted by: BillT | July 24, 2007 at 11:52 AM
Ortho, thanks and I'll check out the NYT article. I' running very behind this morning.
This memorial was paid for by private donations, so that means no public dollars, no tax dollars.
Posted by: Debbie | July 24, 2007 at 11:25 AM
Great post Debbie! I didn't even know that the "Iraq War" had a memorial. I always thought that a war had to be over before memorials are built to it.
It's certainly ironic that the war haters use violence to further their cause. Their desperate tactics reveal their overwhelming sense of frustration.
Did you catch the article about the confused war haters in today's NY Times? http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/24/us/24antiwar.html
Posted by: Ortho | July 24, 2007 at 09:15 AM